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Be it known that I, E. P. RUSSELL, of Manlius, in the county of Onondaga, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and u seful improvementsin Gridirons for Broiling Food ,and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact Vdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view.

Figure 2 is a vertical section.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved construction of reversible gridirons, so as to breil one side ofthe steak, or other food, then reverse the instrument and broil the other side, a movable cover to keep down the smoke being applied to the upper side. i.

I construct my gridiron iu two halves, A B, as shown in the drawing, with the ordinary bars, and with a rim of suilicient width to admit the steak between the two halves. Each half is provided with a handle, OD, and with a square-heeled half hinge, E F, so that thc halves of the instrument may be opened at a right angle, as shown in red lilies inig. 2. l It will be noticed that the hars of one-halt` of the'griddle are so disposed as to cross the bars of the other half, as shown in the drawing. By this construction it happens that the bearing upon the steak is different upon the opposite sides, so as to secure amore thorough cooking of the meat.. lIf the bars were parallel and opposite each other, that part of the steak between them would be but little cooked. G is a cover made of sheet metal, and tits to either side of the gridiron it is to be applied to the upper side in cooking, so as to prevent the rising of the smoke into the room` The operation and advantage of my invention are obvious. The instrument being opened, as in igxvZ, the steak is inserted, and the gridiron is shut, and the cover is applied. After the under sidc is sutlciently broiled, the gridiron is simply turned over, so as to bring the other side of the steak next to the tire, and the cover is changed to the side which is then uppermost. When the steak is turned, the juices which have-fallen into the bars will be turned back upon'the steak instead of being wasted.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'.llie two halves, A C and B D, when constructed so that the bars. of one-halt`shall cross the bars of the other, and when combined and arranged with the square-heeled hinge E F, operating as described, so as to form a reversible gridiron. Y

In testimony that I claim the above-described'invention, I have hereunto signed my name this seventh day of January, 1867,

E. P. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

Jo. O. CLAYTON, T. G. CLAYTON. 

